Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-18
THE CASEY CASE.
The Prosecution Rest-The Theory of til

Ane prosecution Rest-Ihe IheOry OF the
Defense and Evidence on that Side.
Yesterday morning in the Casey case
Chief of Police Dillman was cross-exam-
/ ined with reference to the various articles
found by him when searching defendant,
and stated that he had no record of them.
G. w. Newbert was next called as wit
ness, and testified concerning the escape OF
Casey from the county Jail in April last.
Defendant objected strenuously to the ad-
mission of this testimony, but it was al
| lowed.
Constable VIM. Fay, of Brighton. was
next sworn and testified as 10 how he
effected the capture of Casey near Brighton
after his escape. He said that after the re-
! capture they got into the buggy and drove
toward the city. About mile and half
from Brighton we met Sheriff Drew and
Deputy Sheriff Warren Drew in a buggy.
They turned around and we drove on until
we reached Perkins Then somebody made
the remark that Casey looked cold and
asked him if he did not want drink He
said he did. We all got out and went in
and bad a drink. Casey says to Sheriff
Drew " do not think that you blame me
that / escaped from jail when l had
chance. A man who has wife and four
children who would not escape if he could
would be a coward Drew said Il do
not blame you for trying to escape, but |
do blame you that you did not think of
your family before you got into this trou-
BILE" Casey then said, Well, was forced
to do it."
w. F. Drew, Deputy Sheriff, testified to
the conversation in the saloon as related
above.
Frank B. Glenn was called, and testified:
l was in Sacramento on the 18th of Sep
TENDER last, and was stopping at the
Golden Eagle Hotel. Ny wife was with
me. My rooms fronted on Seventh street.
and also on the alley, and were on the sec
ond floor. There are windows in the room
opening out on TO the porch. | went TO
bed that night about II O'clock The door
was locked, but the windows were open,
and there were wire screens on the win
dows, which were closed. | had over $500
in gold in my pants pocket, and in my vest
q $50 greenback and some small change |
also had an envelope containing s., 200 in
greenbacks. placed the envelope beneath
the mattresses, and my pants and vest I'M
der my pillow when | retired that night.
When | awoke the next morning the
money from my pants, and the $50 green
back from my vest was gone, and the
clothes lay in the middle of the room. The
greenbacks between the mattresses, and the
small change in my vest, were not dis
turbed. | found the doors and windows to
be in the same condition as the night be-
fore, but on trying the screens found one
very easily raised, and on that sill found
little piece of wood which seemed to be a
fresh break. There was jewelry in the room
diamonds, rings and watches-in distinct
view of any one. They were there undis-
turbed in the morning.
ss-examination-I made out n state
ment in reference to this matter in the
reading-room of the Golden Eagle Hotel.
Mr.. Jones wrote it down and read it to me
afterwards. | have assisted in the en-
ployment of Mr.. Wendell and Mr. Jones as
attorneys in this case. l could not then
remember whether there were fastenings
on those screens or not.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The cross-examination of Mr.. Glenn was
continued, and he said had been in the
pavilion that evening with my wife, and
when came home | went to bed very
shortly The money was in the right
hand hip pocket of my pants. | do not
know whether l locked the door or nv
wife did but l know it was locked.
Jacob Price was next called as a witness
and testified / was stopping at the
Golden Eagle Hotel in September last in
room 66, fronting on K street My wife
was with me. | retired between 10 and IL
O'Clock that night. l had about $50 in
money in my pants pocket The pants
lay near my bed. My room door was
locked and the windows were up. When
l arose found about $50 missing from nv
pants pocket-all the money that was in
one pocket. | found that the screen in
one window, which was down when
went to bed, was raised
Cross examination counted my money
that morning. l have not assisted in en-
ploying counsel to prosecute this case.
L. w. Buck was the next witness, and
testified | was in Sacramento on the 18th
of September last, and stopped at the
Golden Eagle Hotel; my room was No. II.
There is window opening onto the porch,
| retired to my room about the usual hour
of retiring | locked the door, | had four
SOS and some small change in my pants
pocket, on chair, near the window.
woke about o'clock the next morning; l
found that buckskin purse contain
ing the four SOS was gone. The door was
locked the window was raised. | had
tried the screen, and thought it was fast
ened, but that morning when l examined
it found no fastening on it. During the
night l had peculiar sensation in the mid
die of my hand, and l thought it was a
mosquito bite at first, and | rubbed my
hand a little and then went TO sleep again.
Cross examination-I lost money in the
hotel during the extra session of the Legis-
lature of 1888. l know had that money,
because l counted it the day before l have
assisted in the employment of counsel for
the prosecution.
Prosecution here rests
Mr.. Johnson, in his opening statement,
said that he proposed to show the life and
character of the defendant and his family.
That the defendant had been for several
years engaged in the business of mining
and that he arrived in this State in Sep
TENDER last. and stopped over and visited
the State Far. That he took room at the
Mansion House in the third story That
the position OF the room was such that it
could not be approached without more or
less noise. That he brought out here quite
a large amount of money, and that he won
more at the races. That on being arrested
he was treated with great cruelty and OPP
preston by the police officers, and that he
would fatty contradict the testimony of
the Chief relative to the statements That
instead of defendants Offering 81 Geo to be
allowed to escape, that the proposition had
been made by the Chief that for that
amount he would be permitted TO go free.
That he would satisfactorily explain his
possession of the various articles found in
his valise, and which were claimed to be
the implements Of burglars. That it would
be shown by the testimony of physicians
that chloroform administered in the way
described in the testimony would not pro-
duce the results claimed That he would
prove that the Mexican $40 piece was given
to defendant by man named Shaw, in
Kansas City, in 1884, and that it had been
carried as pocket piece ever since
Mr.. johnson offered and read in evidence
the deposition of A. C. Yost, which was in
substance that be knew the defendant in
1884 and 1885 in Denver, Col; that during
that time Casey had exhibited to him a
Mexican S20-piece of date of 1888, and the
witness particularly described the kind.
E. L. Cox testified the same as in yester-
days REcoRD- UNION.
George Van Kleek was sworn and testi-
fed | am at present confined in the
County Jail. l was at the city Jail last Oc-
tober. | know the Chief of Police had
a conversation with him about Casey, and
he showed me his outfit and said that was
what he was going to convict him with.
told him | did not see how he could do it,
and he said he would convict him or lose
leg.
On cross examination the witness was
asked and he positively denied that he had
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